[coldfire-gnu-discuss] how to debug a ROM resident application ?

[Christof Frey]

Thanks for this ultra fast support - works! :)
Christof

-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos O'Donell [mailto:carlos at codesourcery.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:43 PM
To: Christof Frey
Cc: coldfire-gnu-discuss at codesourcery.com
Subject: Re: [coldfire-gnu-discuss] how to debug a ROM resident application ?

On 4/12/2011 10:30 AM, Christof Frey wrote:
> target remote | m68k-elf-sprite tblcf://:0/ m5235evb
> load

Don't use `load` just use `set $pc = <Entry point address>`, and ensure 
that your flashed your application via another method.

> I had expected that the debugger loads the symbol table only and does
> not try to program the flash.

The debugger has already loaded the symbol table if you specified a 
binary as an option to gdb or used `file <binary>`.

Cheers,
Carlos.
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